On the Dark Side

[swagman]

Just finished refurbished some old beech spokeshaves. Bodies were stripped down and individually reshaped;tang holes were made stronger using an industrial 2 part metal putty;new brass fittings were added; and and an ebony coloured lacquer and tinted wax was used to finish them off. Blades were reground flat, then honed till razor sharp.

 

[Steve Maskery]

Very nice indeed. How did you do the ebonizing?
S

 

[matthewwh]

Wow!

I can hardly believe that's beech, astonishing.

 

[head clansman]

hi swagman

come on , come on , you just finished these so where the thread showing all this work in progress then , why no pics for use all to drool over :x hc :wink:

PS nearly forgot to say , very very nice a set to be very proud of indeed .

 

[swagman]

Wow!

I can hardly believe that's beech, astonishing.

The 3rd spokeshave from the bottom(top picture) was made from a traditional spokeshave and blade. I threaded the tangs to receive the top cap adjusters. A stainless spring and flat washer was also fitted below each cap adjuster to keep the blade under positive pressure during height adjustments. 2 machine screws lock in the final blade set.
The bottom spokeshave is only 6 1/2 " long and is an ideal size to keep handy in top pocket.